Non spillable bottle



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NON SPILLABLE BOTTLE Filed Sept. 3, 195'? INVENTOR.

United States Patent NON SPILLABLE BOTTLE Ignatz Ciifo, Yonkers, N.Y.

Application September 3, 1957, Serial No. 681,511

1 Claim. (Cl. 15140.4)

This invention concerns a non-spillable bottle for dispensing nailpolish, perfume, inflammable liquids, poisons, iodine, and othersolutions which maight do harm it spilled.

It is an object of the invention to provide a container having anenlarged hollow chamber with an outlet in a reentrant wall so that ifthe bottle should be tipped over, the liquid would flow into one side ofthe chamber instead of spilling out of the bottle.

It is a further object to provide a container for liquids having anenlarged hollow chamber with an outlet in a reentrant wall closed by astopper, and a brush dispenser removably and adjustably carried by saidstopper and disposed in said outlet.

It is a further object to provide a liquid container having an enlarged,generally spherical chamber pierced by a reentrant wall constituting anoutlet, said reentrant wall being tubular in form and having a threadedportion for removably securing a stopper thereto.

It is a further object to provide a liquid container of the characterdescribed wherein said stopper has an internally threaded portion forremovably retaining a brush for dispensing the liquid.

It is another object to provide an elongated stopper for a container ofthe character described shaped for convenient grasping by the hand anddesigned to support a dispensing brush as an extension thereof,

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is an elevational view of a bottle and stopper embodying one formof the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bottle and stopper.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form of stopper.

Fig. 6 is an end view of the stopper of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 77 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of another form of bottle according to theinvention.

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 9--9 of Fig.8.

Fig. 10 is a top plan view of still another form of bottle.

In Figs. 1 to 4 there is shown a round generally spherical hollow bottle10 having a top opening formed as a reentrant tapered cylindrical tube11 with a bore or passage 12 extending diametrically downwardly into thehollow chamber 14 of the bottle and terminating about the centerthereof. The chamber 14 extends above the innermost end of the tube 11and all around said tube. In-

tegrally formed with the tube 11 is a cylindrical nipple 15 extendingradially outward from the bottle and axial-- ly aligned with the tube11. The nipple has an externally threaded end 16. Removably threaded onthe nipple is a stopper 17. This stopper has an outer fluted orotherwise ornamented flat handle portion 18 and cylindrical body orsleeve portion 19 with an internally threaded recess or bore 21 whichfits on the threaded end 16 of nipple 15. A resilient ring gasket 20 ofrubber, fiber, plastic, or the like is seated on the inner end of thebore 21 for sealing the free end of nipple 15 therein.

The bottle has a flat solid base 23 formed thereon. A threaded bore 24is centrally formed in the stopper 17.

Axially disposed in this bore is brush B. The brush is formed of a glassor plastic rod forming a handle 25 with a threaded end removablythreaded in bore 24. Attached to the other end of the handle arebristles 26. The han-..

dle extends through bore 21 and passage 12 and termimates in chamber 14.The rod constituting the brushis axially disposed in the bore 12 of tube11. Bores 12 and.

24 are axially aligned. The rod may be adj'tustably positioned in bore'24 so that the bristles at the end of the rod touch the bottom of thechamber 14 or are raised any desired distance therefrom. The bottle ispreferably formed either of transparent or colored material such asglass, plastic, crystal, etc., and may be ornamented as desired.

In use, the bottle may be filled with perfume, nail polish, iodine,medicine, or other fluid of highly volatile constitutents. The bottle isfilled no higher than the liquid level 28 at the bottom of tube 11,then, should the bottle he accidentally turned over on its side, all ofthe fluid in the bottle will spill into the side of the chamber thenpositioned below the horizontally positioned tube 11. Even if the bottleis turned upside-down, the fluid will not spill out of the bottlebecause of pressure lock, but will collect in the space around the tubeand in bore 12.

The fluid inside the bottle in chamber 14 can only be removed by contactwith the bristles 26 or by the glass or plastic rod 25.

There has thus been provided a non-spillable, ornamental bottle ofgeneral utility.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 is shown another form of stopper which can be usedwith the bottle 10. This stopper 30 has an elongated generallycylindrical body with a flattened oval-shaped end 31 and a round end 32.A bore or passage 33 may extend completely through the body or the bodymay be solid. The bore 33 has an enlarged internally threaded section 34near the round end 32 in which is removably threaded the end of handle25. The bore 33 terminates in a still wider internally threaded end 35adapted to be threaded on nipple 15 of the bottle. The brush handle 25efiectively blocks the passage through bore 33.

Bore section 34 is longer than the threaded portion of handle 25 so thatthe brush can be adjustably positioned in the bottle to a desired depth.

The elongated body 30 of the stopper alTords a conventional handle formanipulating the stopper.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the modified form of hollow bottle 10 shown isgenerally hexagonal in external shape with a flat bottom 23. The lowerportion of the bottle has flat facets 38. The bottle has a chamber 14identical to that of Figs. 14. Tube 11' is internally threaded near itsinner free end and brush B has its handle 25' threaded at anintermediate portion 37 so that the brush is adjustably positioned inthe chamber. Nipple 15 of Fig. l is omitted. This form of bottle may bemore economically made than bottle 10 and will be satisfactory for thosepurposes where the hermetic seal provided by stoppers 17 and 30 is notessential. If desired, the exterior of the bottle 10 can be formed withmore or less than six sides or may be wholly round. Thus, in Fig. 10 thebottle 10" is shown formed with twelve concave curved sides or facets-39 which present an attractive jewel-like appearance.- In-vertical-section, bottles 10and 10"are substantially identicalas-shownin Fig. 9.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it istobe understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosedand that various-changes andmodificationsmay be made within the scope of the inventionas defined intheappended claim. I

-Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire tosecure by United StatesLettersPatent Anon-spillable bottle comprisingabulbous body, the top'of the body being formed with a central tubegsaidtribe eXtending inwardly and outwardly of the top, the outwardlyextending portion being externally threaded, the inwardly extendingportionextending into the body midway its top and bottom, anda stopperfor closing the outer'end of the tube, said stopper including acylindrical body portion with an internally screw-threaded axiallydisposed recess therein and an integral flat solid handle radiating fromone end of said cylindrical body, said cylindrical body and flat handlehaving a bore communicating with said recess, said bore being internallyscrew-threaded to receive removably the threaded end of a brushextending through the tube into the interior of the body of the bottle.

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